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I'm not sure why she didn't like her. She had a really nice buck and was looking for some brood does to raise some kids for market for fair so I loaned her Bailey; I think Bailey had two doelings. Bailey could use some width but you could never fault her for not being long. She didn't like the kids she produced either. Oh well, she has a good home now.

I need to feed more grain myself, but I just can't figure out how to do it without them all fighting over it.
 
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I almost kept both the kids that Bailey gave me this year...I only begrudgingly gave up Nicolette Cage and both those baby girls grew insanely fast. Ghost Ryder is almost as big as Bellini and Cosmo right now and she is only 6 months old. Bailey is an excellent mother. Bailey and Ghost Ryder do need some width, but our new guy should help our production with that next year.
 
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I'm just glad you like her. She was my first spotted kid born here and I was ecstatic. Her sister was a solid red so those spots were extra special. I would still like to have the black and white dappled Boers...maybe in my next life.
 
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I loved my Boers. they were large but tame. Of course I knew early on that I had to work those young babies in order to handle them as 300# bucks! So, I did. Going thru some old photos last week and had a pic of one of my bucks, backside said 192# at 10 mos old. Yes, sure need them to be tame! :cool:
 
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Wow Mini horses! That is impressive weight gain!

I didn't get a lot done this weekend, but I did try to make cheese, american mozzarella, ricotta and I made a batch if yogurt last week. I haven't made yogurt in a while. It turned out Ok, a little gritty on the bottom and not as thick as I like it but it had a good plain yogurt flavor. I think I used a different kind of yogurt for a starter last time. And this is the first time I tried it using my goats milk. We used the mozzarella and ricotta in a lasagna. Turned out really good!

Cheese!
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Blueberry Melanie
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Ravis little princesses; Strawberry Shortcake and Blueberry Melanie
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